#thats some stardew valley shit right there

[atlas-affogato]

I keep on trying to tell myself my town isn't that much of a small town but I just went to our first annual Big Pumpkin Festival so I should just give it up really

#thats some stardew valley shit right there #massive pimpkins lining the street on pallets #personal #small town america

[sugar-omi]

aww I'm gonna miss the Cove icon but who's the lady? 030

help i got so confused for a sec i totally forgot i changed my pfp but then I realized n pls I've never closed genshin faster...

the cove icon is such a staple tho!!! I hope yall recognize me without it but I trust my regular horny posts will be all you need anyway LOL

altho it may or may not come back some time after October yk, I was just tryna get in the spooky mood n stuff hehe but we'll see bc I am Crazy over this lovely lady here

BUT ANYWAY IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED HEHE THIS IS MY LOVELY LADY, MY CURRENT BRAIN WORM THAT IS EATING ME AWAY:

well.. ngl she's nameless right now. but she is my 3rd baxter child, yes I'm still on that bc yall ruined me w baxters kids being colorful n shit n now I like to laugh abt his child's fashion choices becoming progressively more colorful n crazier than his....

BUT TO INTRODUCE MY GIRL A BITTTT (also I'm literally drawing smth else for her n I didn't expect to reveal her like this but... she's everything to me n I cranked this out in like 3-4 hours bc I'm crazy)

anyway, she's Very into gyaru fashion, specifically n mostly kogal and kuro

she's looks like a cinnamon roll, will beat your ass!!!, I'm thinking she does competitive ballroom dancing like baxter or she can at least dance well enough to wear you out n tell you you suck

she's sarcastic, has the worst RBF of the whole family. at least baxter n theo look like they're just smug flirty assholes n aurelia looks more approachable in comparison to this lovely lady here.

also she has a heart shaped freckle. it's faint n you can't even rlly tell here but it's under her eye (I realize all my baxters children have one under their eye but idc. I am ONTO SOMETHING)

anyway.. her n theo are besties and baxter has to check in at night bc they'll be in her room painting each others nails n doing nail extensions or dying her hair (its 2 toned if you havent guessed, ive seen it sm n im obsessed n so she had it okay) like go to SLEEP YOU HAVE SCHOOL TMRW!!!

just thought abt it. she's obsessed w true crime, food, makeup, and stationary videos, and the stardew valley/the sims

also just decided she is soon for the ladies. I'm thinking lesbian n demisexual, mmm

COVE IS HER FAVORITE UNCLE ITS CANON

don't ask how, just know that it's true.

hates pickles. she is me. she is my child... omg Aurelia likes pickles. I was gonna say theo but he's a ramble for another time omfg I am thinking SO MUCH

anyway... ik you didn't ask for a ramble abt my oc but I will take this and run w it okay

she is very introverted but when she picks friends you are now 4lifers okay you cannot get rid of her n why would you want to? you life was a mess before her. trust. /j /lh

she's like baxter so much in the way she worries n has insecurities n stuff, honestly I think she inherited the identity crisis thing baxter got going on over there

also is the youngest and very much an accident (just like aurelia, dw they're FINE everyone laughs abt baxters reaction now which I will make a bit of later bc I'm thinking many thoughts abt the boys finding out mc is preg) so she's a bit spoiled bc her siblings were at least 9 n loved her sm when she was born

(imagining theo passing her to you or baxter n running away when she had a dirty diaper... pls thats so funny)

ALSO VTUBERS SHE IS CRAZY OVER THEM

yeah she is so my child omfg okay IM DONE IM DONE IF YOU READ THIS I SRSLY LOVE YOU BC I SPIRALED

now ik what it's like to jump at any chance to talk abt your ocs n how fucking crazy it makes you.... I am unstoppable now

#oc art #oc

[fefairys]

🌪️, 💫 and 🌿 for system asks??

🌪️ - What is the most liked food between everyone?

probably sushi :)

💫 - Does anyone wanna share something about their source? Feel free to ramble, anyone can answer too!

dante: TATE DID NOTHING WRONG cat: that is a lie dante: yes <3

sam: only thing i can think to talk about is how in stardew valley the seasons are all 28 days long exactly and on the first day of every season everything changes drastically because like of course thats how it works for the viddy game but we're weaving shit like that into our Big SDV Fanfic and i think it is fun :) like we imply that it wasn't like that where the protag lived before moving to pelican town and that it's like... probably due to the Magic of the valley or w/e. someone in the game says something like "the valley seems to completely transform overnight" and i latched onto that and went oh so this is real. we live in video game. awesome <3 i just like the implication of video game mechanics and logic seeping into the reality of this World, yknow?? like, imagining the characters as Real People and how they perceive these various reality-breaking video game logic things. some people try not to draw attention to this stuff in fanfic and make it more realistic for like immersion i guess but i just think its really fun :) and it almost has an element of cosmic horror to it which i like

🌿 - Best quote from an alter?

already answered but heres another hashtag funny moment (light as in yagami) (hes not real. hes not real. hes not real. if i say it three times its like a spell and he will never fully manifest, right?)

#asks #gejnialnie #plural stuff #answer meme

[barbieb0y]

going through it rn (it: stardew valley brainrot. i can see why people are obsessed with this game)

i have. so many thoughts a whole fanfic is being written in my head as we speak i am serious about an oc for once and so i have to put it down somewhere but like this is kinda cringe so im putting it all under the cut LOL

i want to say meet me but atp he feels like an oc that vaguely resembles me so. he has my name and bits of my traits and experiences tho so lol. meet my farmer oc safar but also i wished i named him link instead

hes supposed to have glasses why does this picrew not have glasses i wished i was good at drawing

hes a twink. thats literally the first thing that pops up in my head when i think about this guy. friendly, easy-going twink who was a bit nervous when he first arrived in pelican town but now hes always bothering people

literally prefers doing anything else but actual farming but everyone calls him farmer anyway. loves fishing especially and is #besties with willy (not actually canon ingame bc i keep neglecting willy IM SORRY) tho he absolutely despised it at first bc he found it hard + had a bad experience with fishing when he was little (this is actually true. this is canon irl safar lore i just buried it in the depths of my mind bc it hasnt been relevant until now)

married to elliot bc he is a disaster gay who put in all his goddamn effort he could muster in his tiny body in wooing the hermit writer by the beach when he realised he's actually attracted to him and that hes not just platonically-inclined to him bc he lives on the beach and therefore a potential fishing buddy

also besties with penny bc idk i like penny

just wants to get along with everyone but damn some bitches do be bitches

has a grey tabby cat named pumpkin :D

wants to blow up joja mart

also chose to have fruit bats over mushrooms for that cave thing

this is just me being delusional but one time i fished beside leah at the pond near her house bc i thought itd be funny but then i had this vivid scenario consisting of this dialogue:

"wow, you really are good at fishing. no wonder elliot's got a thing for you"

"he WHAT now"

"um"

somehow forgot elliot's birthday in year 1 and now hes all dramatic about it while elliot himself doesnt really mind but im like "BUT BABE"

refuses to upgrade the farmhouse for the 2nd time. a nursery is the last thing he wants. robin refuses to replace it with anything else

games on lazier farmer days (they do have good internet in sdv right. right)

elliot was on tour during new years and new years eve and hes somewhat still salty about it and pretends to sulk when elliot finally came back a few days into spring

elliot is a bit concerned with his husband's naming scheme for the ducks. one is named duck. one is puck. one is buck. he fears what the next one will be named

favorite gifts would probably be pink cakes (or anything pink really), pizza, apples, snails and tulips

hated/disliked gifts would be all vegetables. and joja cola

will add more if i come up with more shit (pretend theres a saluting emoji here my phone doesnt have it help)

this is what he looks like ingame. btw bc that picrew isnt really doing him justice lol

#shut up safar #oc moment #i dont think i wanna tag this properly LMAO

[stardew-obsessed-ora]

Random Dobson Headcanons because he's REAL TO ME AND THEREFORE IS REAL

I listed so so many headcanons for Dobson under the cut. They're all relatively silly, but I figured he deserved a bit of care and consideration given he's forcibly preoccupied one of my braincells. (especially since, you know, dobson exists in the void)

He looks to be in his early 20s to me, so I'm going to go on a whim and say he's very into popular internet culture. He's probably sent tacky, confusing memes to the work GC in an attempt to seem relatable before then going "um but none of you have actually met this weeks quota snort snort." On that note, Dobson has absolutely used common Gen-Z phrases to his older higher ups.

"Seriously, who exactly are they trying to rizz up on work time?"

"Sorry- what's a rizz?"

"Nevermind. I meant to say they were having inappropriate conversations during precious work hours."

I feel like Dobson is one of those people who uses a flip-phone unironically. He doesn't even have one of those pretty docomo flip phones, no. He has a bulky flip phone that he uses nearly constantly. In fact, he uses it so often, that he's certain he can type faster on a flip-phone keyboard than he can on a smartphone keyboard. (Spoiler: He can. It's terrifying to witness.)

I imagine he's a college student. He applied for Joja Corporations in order to help pay for his courses. It's a wonder he's able to joggle both middle-management work and course-work.

Dobson can practically live off of microwaveable pizzas, ramen, spaghetti, and a selection of other readily available foods. He doesn't really get tired of his diet. In fact, he gets offended at the sheer implication that his repetition is wrong.

He's so short. He's only about 5'2 or so. No, he doesn't give a shit about his height but if anyone brings it up he's going to make sure their work day is hell regardless of how little he cares. He definitely games on his free-time. It helps ease his nerves after a long day on that Joja grind. He's one of the worst motherfuckers to voice chat with because he's bound to scream in his mic at any given inconvenience. His rage is immense. He's a class-act Joja suck up. People thought Morris was bad? This dude would do absolutely anything for even an ounce of praise from the higher ups he works under. He wants a promotion, he wants to be able to brag to people more than he was already able to. He wants the satisfaction, the thrill, the feeling that he's doing something right. On that note, I genuinely feel like he's desperate for praise and approval from others. Something about him screams gifted kid burnout to me, and I feel as a result he's constantly looking for some form of praise from authority figures. He's still a total asshat though. Don't let this motherfucker fool you. He's chaos incarnate, and would burn your crops if it meant he'd be giving Joja the upperhand.

He is so prideful. He has so much pride for such a small man. It's hard to knock him from his pedestal, and he'll probably laugh at you or retort with an insult if you tried. But if you manage to, he has a bad habit of hiding his face with his hands and turning away. He doesn't want to give anyone the satisfaction of seeing him all frazzled.

He acts like he's high and mighty and untouchable, but could quite literally be folded like a piece of paper with a strong gust of wind. He's far more bark than he is bite, and thats for his own good.

His introduction scene mentioned how he found the citizens of Stardew Valley unfashionable, but if anyone told him he was unfashionable he'd be seething. As much as he hates admitting it, the most understanding he has of fashion comes from videos he sees. He has no clue how to coordinate an outfit, and doesn't actually care to. He finds he looks perfect in just about anything he puts on.

He'd never admit it, but he's actually quite sentimental over the little things he's given from people. He cherishes gifts, and would probably opt to bite someone before giving anything away that was given to him.

For some reason, this little man screams AroAce to me. I imagine the idea of receiving a bouquet somewhat scares him, and that he'd rather just be approached about being platonic partners than actually have to face any romantic confrontation. The thought of being asked on a non-platonic date admittedly scares him. He's never really experienced romantic attraction, and doesn't feel like he should bother himself with trying to venture into something like that or trying to understand it. (im aroace. i aroacified him with my super radical aroace beam.)

#sdv headcanons #sdv dobson #dobson sdv #dobson stardew valley #stardew valley #stardew valley dobson #look guys i did it dobson has been willed into existence

[prettypinktulips]

Sam (stardew valley) x my character

(i made this as a joke cus i got mad that he rejected me at the flower dance) WARNINGS: angst um maybe fluff im not editing this after to say if i added fluff or not, sad stuff and i think thats it ALSO THE NAME OF MY CHARACTER WAS A JOKE TOO CUS I COULDNT THINK OF ANYTHING SO I JUST PUT RANDOM LETTERS TOGERHTER

Bishii felt his eyes widen with glee as he opened the letter. "The Flower Dance." were the only words popping out to him, and he knew exactly who he wanted to ask. Sam. Him and Sam have been talking for a few weeks, Bishii offering him a few gifts every week when he could afford it. Sam seemed appreciative of every gift he was managed to get him, he knew the farmer had trouble getting money since he just got to Pelican Town.

The farmer smiled widely as he stashed the letter in his jeans. No time to worry about the flower dance right now, he had to attend his crops. He sighed and grabbed the watering can, the sun dancing against his already tan skin. Harvey was starting to get worried about him because of all the times the farmer as passed out from overworking himself. He kept trying to warn him and telling him to take breaks when he knew he needed them. But of course Bishii just brushed it. He really needed the money from the crops. To take care of his animals and.. he didn't say it distinctly but, Sam.

After he finished watering his crops, he turned his attention to his cat. He almost forgot to give her water. "Come here, pancake." The ginger chuckled and walked up to her water bowl, he tilted the watering can over and started to pour some of the water in the brown colored bowl. (The cat and him are both ginger, ITS SO CUTE) "I think that's all I have to do for today, huh?" Bishii set the watering can down in the yard and yawned quietly, he looked up at the sky as it blinded him. It was still so early he didn't know what made him this tired. Maybe he just wanted this flower dance to come up already; he headed inside and looked around at his house. To himself he thought it was quite spacious, it has a kitchen, a living room, and a bedroom. What else could he possibly ask for? The kitchen had dark chocolate brown, wooden walls. His room was completely different, he didn't even bother trying to change the leaf wallpaper the house came with. He plopped onto his bed.. suited for two people. He didn't want to talk about that part. He knew exactly why he got the two-person bed.

A few days later after the farmer did was just water his crops, fed his animals, went to bed on repeat. It was finally the day, the day he was longing for has finally came. He walked into the kitchen and turned the water on, he tilted his head underneath the faucet and ran his fingers through his long hair. It really was a hassle to keep up, he was just planning on cutting it sooner or later. He had to keep his hair from getting tangled in his earrings sometimes which really pissed him off. After what seemed like forever, he was finally finished getting ready. His hair was slicked back, he had his cheap cologne on, and what seemed like his best clothes. How could he almost forget the most important thing on his list? The bouquet. He kept the flowers in a vase so they wouldn't dry out. They were truly magnificent. He knew Sam would love them indefinitely.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THE FLOWER DANCE

Bishii was so fucking nervous. He kept trying to talk himself out of not doing this. The dance was going to start in any minute.. what if someone was to ask Sam before him? I mean, how could they not. He took a deep breath and walked into the forest, he felt his mouth drop open a little as he took in the scenery. "Holy shit.." It was so beautiful, everyone looked beautiful. Then he caught the farmer's eye. There he was. Sam. All he had to do was ask him to dance, that didn't seem so hard. He held the bouquet close to him as he headed towards the group.

"Sam? Could I talk to you?" The farmer swallowed hard. He had already talked to him now there's no running away. "Yeah, what's up?" The blonde looked at him and smiled, he still had that stupid hairstyle of his. The farmer loved it though. "I was.. wondering if you'd like to dance with me?" Bishii watched as the blondes face fell. "I.." Sam looked to the side. He felt his heart drop to his stomach as he gripped the bouquet firmly. God, please, please.. he prayed internally to himself as he felt the tears forming in his eyes. "I dunno, maybe next year? I'm already dancing with Penny.. And plus I barely know you." Bishii felt the flowers fall out of his hands as he clenched his fists. Barely know me..? He choked on his tears and turned around. "It's fine." He lied right through his teeth, everybody was looking at them. Everybody knows that Sam just rejected him. His fingernails were so deep in his skin that they caused it to bleed, tears were rolling down his tan cheeks. He just got humiliated in front of basically the whole town. He had to get out of here but he was trapped, all the exits were cut off with some stupid tape. He was stuck there until the dance ended. But the only thing he could think was how he had to get away from Sam.

Bishii was standing in the dark corner next to some trees, he watched as Sam and Penny danced, he was still sobbing for some reason. Maybe it's because he wished he was in Penny's place.. Yeah, that was probably it.

"Hey kiddo, you alright?" Robin was right there, she had a worried look on her face. "I saw what happened.. I'm sorry that you weren't able to attend the dance." The farmer looked down a little and noticed she had the bouquet in her hands. "The bouquet..?" He mumbled and she just nodded. "Well, I didn't want such beautiful flowers to go to waste.." She handed them to the farmer and he nodded. "I suppose so.."

A few hours later the farmer was back home. In his bed; all he did was stare up at the ceiling, replaying the scenario in his head. Bishii should've known he was going to get rejected. Sam was way out of his league.. and then him compared to Penny? He was nowhere near as beautiful as she was. He tried his best to hold the tears back as he laid on his side, he was meet face to face with pancake. He let out a few chuckles as she licked some of the salty tears off of his cheek. He ignored Sam for a few weeks, every time Sam tried to talk to him, Ignored. Meet him outside his house? Ignored. He just left some flowers at his door when it was Sam's birthday.

#stardew sam #stardew valley #angst #mlm #oc #maybe fluff #reqs open #send requests

[mino2aur]

hi

sorry this post had been driving me crazy. not because i disagree with the point that not every indie game has a furry in it but becasue i knew for a fact that there were furries in outer wilds and a hat in time. turns out i am certain that most of these games have a character i would call a furry, and some have a charatcer that i could probably call a furry, and three of them let you wear an animal themed hat. my sincerest apologies to all involved in the original post please treat this as the ravings of a madman rather than a serious critique

my personal definition of a furry is an animal character that walks on two legs and behaves in a humanlike manner, or a human character who dresses/appears in some way like an animal. if the beaft only fulfills one of these traits then i put it in the arguably category. i have also noted when i have not played a game and am simply pulling from the wiki

stardew valley:

i also think that krobus should count as a furry but thats definitely more of a vibe thing. wait a minute shit is the mouse anthro enough? this one might be a confurmed one actually but im not editing the pic again

subnautica:

do you think that a talking animal counts as a furry? thus is the debate that plagues the categorization of the sea emperor. also in subnautica below zero there is al-an who is 100% a furry

LISA (unplayed):

there were more but i have been at this for hours so who gives one

yume nikki:

im just fucking certain one of those things counts as a furry. theres so much shit in that game come on man

OMORI (unplayed):

this feels like a pretty big one to miss. like thats definitely a furry

minecraft:

it feels fucked up that the piglin is the only one i can think of so maybe theres more i havent played the new updates so maybe theres more furries now. also your minecraft skin can be anything you want including fursuits

slime rancher:

this one is definitely iffy to me but i do feel like theres an argument to be made. im just not gonna be the one to make it

enter the gungeon (unplayed):

again there has to be more. anthropomorphic animals are a very popular video game enemy subtype

dicey dungeons (unplayed):

the dice, somehow, is a furry

vampire survivors (unplayed):

he is a fucking bear

pizza tower (unplayed):

this one is a bit of a stretch for “character” but theyre definitely in there. and once again i bet you anything theres more

spelunky (unplayed):

also some of the characters in this game seem a bit racially insensitive

darkest dungeon:

it was originally going to just be the abomination but i do think plague doctors technically fall into the furry category so shes here too. this also is not including the various anthropomorphic animals you can fight

shovel knight (unplayed):

+ others

fez (unplayed):

talking owl? potentially a furry thing? i don’t know

what remains of edith finch:

okay this one. is technically not debatable i just don’t feel right being like HAH ANOTHER CONFIRMED FURRY about a dead six year old. also given that she was straight up hallucinating she might have been. like. i don’t know. she could plead insanity to being a furry i guess

among us:

theres so many fucking amongus cosmetics now its crazy theres like 5 animal ears ones now

outer wilds:

inscryption:

this one probably should have gone under arguably if im being beautiful and true with myself

castle crashers (unplayed):

again theres probably more

untitled goose game:

look the goose technically doesnt fit either criteria but i feel like the fact that you inhabit the goose creates a sort of furry-like atmosphere. i have a paper due in six hours

hyper light drifter (unplayed):

a hat in time:

see also the conductor, cooking cat, empress, walrus captain, the various anthropomorphic animal npcs throughout different levels, and the various animal themed hat flairs. this one was a pretty big one to get wrong

slay the spire (unplayed):

ehhh? maybe?

pathologic (unplayed):

i remembered this guy from the hbomberguy video

disco elysium:

NOTES: i felt like there was probably an angle for super meat boy, soma, and rocket league but they would have been wayyy more trouble than they were worth. i also tried very hard to find something for stanley parable and ultrakill but no luck

IF YOU have any corrections to make please feel free to provide i am learning so much about indie games today. sorry again to the original posters

#torment

[kozykricket]

big vent time. need to dump much out of my brain rn. dont feel obligated to read, i just needed to write this

ugh why the fuck do i never feel confident in what i ACTUALLY WANT. like

do i WANT this thing?? i feel confidently like i want it and then actually Nope ! i Don't !

i think i just doubt that ill make the right decision

that im blindly making a decision based on some like... mmidunno well, maybe its perfectionism. maybe i have the feeling that i need to have a perfect reason to make a decision but like decisions involving commitment scare me because im like ah shit what if i commit to the wrong thing

this can be from picking a topic on a school essay to picking a partner in stardew valley its not aromanticism necessarily its just . the same thing as essay stuff, i think. i dont want to end up making a decision based on just like, in the moment thoughts that im swept up in. i think thats also why im hesitant to call myself trans in any capacity too, since i remember the first feelings i had ... were during a time where i very much wanted to feel "special" in any possible way, but then i was like hm, well i dont want to just make such a decision out of a non-true place of desire

concerned ill decide on something for the wrong reasons, or that ill end up not feeling confident in my decision later.. but thats because i second guess myself on eveeerything. theres just so many great ways to do everything. so many ways to live life fear of commitment might even be part of my fear of trying new things or experimenting with something i havent done much before! and its the reason i dont really have a single OC, because i cant decide on a single hair color let alone aesthetic or vibe. i just cannot settle on single things and it annoys tf outta me. had a talk last night with my mom about indecision and like its. im realizing its really probably a common factor as at least a PART of a lot of my confusion and anxieties, from school to gender to relationships to new hobbies to OCs to... yea not to say its the ONLY factor in any of those though. theres other things too. like my brains aversion to effort in terms of learning new things... and also overthinking how complicated it might be to start... putting it off till tomorrow... sitting in the sidelines.... and now here i am reminded of how i want to learn to program for games n shit so bad but also do i REALLY is that REALLY worth it oh hey and thats related to me being like "eh im content as i am is it REALLY worth disrupting the good way things are now by taking a chance of ... trying to fix what aint broken?"

...just a lot on my mind and maybe my brain will feel better having dumped this

#vent

[l48yr1nth]

Rant about something [weather you like something or hate something or an oc just whatever]

im not much of a ranter, actually. me and my BIL get along well because he always has something to say and i'm always down to just listen LUL. under the cut so nobody has to look at a wall of text if they don't want to

but erhhh ummm.... its really pretty outside today! i live on a lake, and i sit in just the right spot in my living room to see out to the backyard. as we get into the summer months, the sun starts to shine directly in through the windows to blind me! but i like the feeling of the sun so it's alright. My cat's ear funk is back (smells smelly) so i have to clean them soon (she will hate me). right now one of our bunnies is in the neighbors yard cus she found a hole in the fence! we're waiting on her to come back cus they aren't home LUL. we're going to be getting another dog soon from one of my aunts. my aunt got cancer and doesn't want the dog to go to her absolute pathetic leech asshole of a son (she jokes that she's a little relieved she won't have to deal with him much longer. i could go on about this guy but it honestly doesn't matter). the dog itself will be a bit of a problem. she's completely untrained, and never learned to play nicely! we have two other dogs to hopefully correct the playing rough stuff, but we'll have to properly potty train her. probably some other behavioral corrections too. we're going to put up gates on either side of the house so she can't run away through there (our one dog, chico, used to get out that way. he stopped at some point). we were originally planning to fly the dog back cus she's a ways away, but the mutt would probably shit itself and constantly bark on the plane so we're thinking of roadtripping it. which. will. be. hell. i hate sitting in cars for so long! i can't sleep in them at all. hmm. on another note i don't think i'm going to do another semester of college once i'm done with this one. i gave it a go and, yeah! i still hate how school works! it's just high school with less classes, really. amount of classes doesn't matter i don't want to do anything labeled an "assignment". i haven't said anything to my mom cus i'm a little nervous abt it, but i feel like 2 semesters is enough of dipping my toes to know this isn't what i want to do for the next 2-4 years. i have some severe academic anxiety or whatever so it's. REALLY hard for me to have these kinds of conversations with anyone. especially my mom, cus she interrogates me like hell over this stuff. i'm thinking of getting a job or going to trade school instead. i think i could do a task at a job without having a meltdown every night fr! scoring a job is hard though so. hm. im incredibly lucky to have the freedom to make these kinds of decisions. i want to go to the beach soon, but it's been so cold out these days. i finished re-reading a medic tf2 fic recently so i'm going to get back to reading WoF! I also wanna download some mods for stardew valley but i'm really not sure where to start. i have 2 commissions to do! i wish i was high rn fr. OHH IM HAVING A BIRTHDAY FOR MY WATERMELON LATER!!!! ITS BEEN SITTING ON OUR COUNTER FOR A YEAR! isn't that insane? they're not supposed to last more than a month or two REFRIDGERATED. this thing has been room temperature just chilling for 12 months. we're still not sure if we're gonna cut it or not today so i'm thinking i'll make a poll later for it. ok thats all i can think of

#labyanswering

[lilacponds]

more random shit sometimes i fixate on two things at once and they become super correlated !!!

like the summer i fixated on pokemon go AND new romantics, so listening to new romantics reminds me of the pokemon summer and playing pokemon go immediately brings the new romantics lyrics to mind

another example is when i bought the troye sivan ep AND dont starve on ps4, so i equate most of the songs on his first ep trxye to the game ESPECIALLY Fun for some reason, its not the song i listened to the most but i guess its the one that latched onto the game memory idk why but it is !!!

spirits is also connected to something but i cant quite figure out what. maybe stardew valley ? it doesnt feel quite right though. thats one memory connection that isnt very strong i guess ILL UPDATE IF I FIGURE IT OUT IDK

#Charlie chatters #its a funny phenomenon #it feels so nice its so cute as a feeling #can feelings be cute ???? idk they can now

[sleepycoric]

ok.............wig

#im about to vent in the tags! lol #anyways #legit i cant do shit i used to LOVE doing because i think im just...not good enough! #i used to play guitar and or ukulele every day #but not anymore because im just. really bad at it #and i just tried to play but i nearly cried cuz im just so upset #and same goes with art and drawing things #like i draw but BARELY and even then i greatly dislike my own art most of the time #and i hate expensive af water colors that i used a lot some time ago but #cant anymore because i always get a mental breakdown or some shit and im like. ok #and looking at others make great things fills me with such dread and i feel so selfish #because i see my friends make good stuff and im like yay! but god i wish that were me #all i do everyday is sit and idk play stardew valley. and some pokemon maybe. i legit dont do SHIT #and like idk what happened to me #actually i do know but its depression and thats stupid so shut up #i have thought of like finding new hobbies that would replace the old ones that make me feel bad because im like supposed to be good #because ive done stuff like art and music for such a long long time #but its hard #im gonna do some gardening this year ive alredy planted some stuff in pots and ill put them in the ground once time is right but #yeah #u get the point #im sad as fuck #seeya

[bearlee-giggling]

Stardew Valley Tickle HCs: Bachelor Edition

hi i have so much stardew brainrot rn lmao ok here we go

Alex

worst spots: ribs, feet, abs, belly button

unusual spots: jaw, calves

likes being tickled a lot actually, it burns calories and builds stamina, plus he likes to laugh

kisses along his jaw line make him melt, and raspberries on his ribs, abs, or belly button make him scream

deep, loud belly laughs!

sometimes goes a bit overboard as a ler, but pampers the shit out of his lee afterwards

if he's in the mood to "train" (thats what he calls his lee moods) he busts out the crop tops

lots of teases based around strength when tickling somebody else

"that's some pretty strong laughter there, i can practically feel your abs hardening already!" etc

sometimes lets dusty lick his feet and/or abs after working out, but would rather die than admit it

Elliot

worst spots: neck, ears, armpits

unusual spots: palms, forearms

more of a ler than a lee, but doesn't mind being tickled

fluttering fingers against his neck is a great way to get him to take a much needed break from his writing

is laughter sounds very sophisticated, though raspberries on his neck or behind his ears can turn him frantic pretty quickly

feather quills make great tickle tools

he'd definitely be embarrassed about his lee moods, and you know he's in one when he's writing with a regular pen instead of a quill

loves to compliment his lees on anything and everything

the absolute king of aftercare. tea and snacks and cuddling while watching the sea

Harvey

worst spots: belly, thighs

unusual spots: knees

has had his fair share of unintentional ler-ing from having ticklish patients

only intentionally lers for maru or his romantic partner

not a huge fan of being tickled himself, that right is reserved for romantic partners only

very high pitched, frantic laughter

squeaks when you squeeze right above his knee

talks about the physical and emotional benefits of tickling, as well as the science behind tickling and why the body reacts the way it does while tickling his lee

this is a surprisingly effective teasing tecnique

definitely uses his facial hair to his advantage whenever possible

Sebastian

worst spots: ribs/sides, feet, hips

unusual spots: behind the knee

huge lee, refuses to admit it

if you squeeze his hips he'll shriek and fall into you

his right side is worse than his left, for some reason?

the only person he's told about his enjoyment for tickling is abigail (sam sees her tickling seb all the time, but has no idea he enjoys it)

eventually tells his significant other as well

very quick to blush, he's pale and it doesnt take much to fluster him

very shy as a ler, not the best at teasing but he tries

Sam

worst spots: ribs, belly button, thighs

unusual spots: scalp

true switch energy, doesn't try to be secretive about enjoying tickles

running your hands through his hair makes him all giggly

those little wire scalp massager things absolutely destroy him

pinching at the spaces between his ribs will have him cackling within seconds

tickle fights with vincent a lot, usually lets him win

seb and abby gang up on him sometimes, he loves it and tells them such

as ler he's definitely the type to pretend to not know whats going on

"whats so funny? i think i missed the joke!" etc etc

definitely laughs along w his lees

Shane

worst spots: tummy, belly button, hips, thighs

unusual spots: knees, shoulder blades

would rather die than admit how much he loves tickles

chubby!!!! squishable and squeezable!!!!!!

many people wouldn't peg shane as the giggly type, but those people would be wrong

jas likes to tickle him when she wants his attention or wants him to play with her

squeezing over the top of his belly button (like one finger on each side, squishing the two sides together) makes him absolutely hysterical

scribbling just below his shoulder blades makes him melt into a puddle of giggles

will shyly take the farmer's hand and place it onto his belly or hip when he's in a lee mood, avoiding eye contact

super weak to compliments, especially about his laugh

"shane you're so beautiful when you're laughing like this, why don't you show me that gorgeous smile?" "SHUHUHUT UHUHUP"

definitely the type to be like "i hate you that was horrible" while still blushing and giggling with this lovestruck look on his face

#stardew tickles #tickle hcs #stardew valley tickles

[skaian-fiddler]

What Indie Game Should Each Aspect Be Playing

Some of my favorite games over the past decade and my personal pairings with the twelve aspects

Time: Oxenfree

- Entire game is riddled with weird Time shit. Additionally, you play as a kid who never gives up and will break time itself if it means doing what she sets out to do.

Space: Fez 

- Core mechanic of the game involves accessing a third dimension in a two-dimensional setting, which is implemented in the absolute fuckiest ways.

Heart: The Stanley Parable

- At its core, an analysis of the nature of stories and the reality of the self. Also makes the player question their sense of self probably more than any other game on here.

Mind: Transistor

- Core mechanic of the game allows you to freeze time and plot out a flawless and precise course of action based on the choices laid out in front of you. You also unlock new abilities by uploading the digitized Minds of the fallen to your sword. And thats badass.

Hope - Undertale

- Dreaming a better world into existence, and doing right no matter how many times that shitty flower tries to convince you otherwise

Rage - Untitled Goose Game

- No explanation required, moving on.

Light: The Talos Principle

- A love note written for humanity’s historical search for understanding and truth. Doubles as a complex analysis of legacy and relevance. Triples as a game that makes me really sad if I think about it for too long.

Void - Kentucky Route Zero

- I honestly have no idea how to begin to explain what Kentucky Route Zero is, youre just gonna have to trust me when I say that it has Big Void Energy written all over it.

Breath - Starbound

- You have a spaceship, a ragtag crew of misfits, and hundreds of planets out in the galaxy just waiting to be discovered and explored. Its so easy to just get lost in it all.

Blood - Darkest Dungeon

- An unforgiving game that demands the cooperation between adventurers united only by the vision of survival in an uncaring ruin, bound together in self-exile. As a bonus, there is never a shortage of literal Blood to go around at any given time.

Life - Stardew Valley

- At its core, a game about healing and growth. Escape from the life you once led and learn to be happy again - and then, show the rest of the valley how they can too.

Doom - Hollow Knight

- Walk the echoes of a long-dead kingdom, chasing down memories of the past, all while dealing with your own soulless existence. Something about this game just makes you feel this terrible emptiness inside you.

Honorable Mentions - Gone Home, Hyperlight Drifter, Gris (Games I love to death but didnt quite fit neatly into an aspect) 

#homestuck #classpect #oxenfree #fez #the stanley parable #transistor #undertale #untitled goose game #the talos principle #kentucky route zero #starbound #darkest dungeon #stardew valley #hollow knight

[trashcatsnark]

Questions For An Author

Tagged by the always lovely @shallow-gravy

Tagging: @enchantedbythebidders @tender-wounds @rosyibby

Name: Mariah

Top 5 Fandoms Written: Far Cry 5, Kissed By The Baddest Bidder, Cyberpunk 2077, Boyfriend To Death, uhhhh Mystic Messenger? That feels like a cheat.

Top 5 Fandoms You Want To Write For/More: Mystic Messenger, I really loved that otome, and wrote for it but never finished anyting for some reason. Fallout 4, I fell in love with Danse but struggled to fall in love with the lore (i hate the 50’s aesthetic shit ngl, but thats just me) so nothing ever took off. Supernatural, ironically most popular fic on AO3 is for Supernatural but I never sunk my teeth into writing for it like I thought I would. Boyfriend to Death, I actually have like lots of my one shots and some series ideas for BtD, but never really have found the time or energy to write them. Stardew Valley is a big one too, I adore Shane, but for some reason that fic has yet to catch it’s vibe.

Stories You Wish More People Knew About: Granted, Can You Feel The Sun? My cyberpunk 2077 fic is still very much in it’s infancy, so it’s understandable but I still sometimes am like wahhh i wish it was doing better. But, I know its just a time thing, i mean, it took about a year for This Is Love to do as well as it is rn.

Ship(s) Written The Most: Dahlia x Polyseed, Tsuneko x hinted with all bidders, Aidan x Johnny. Im an oc simp, what do you want from me.

Character(s) Written The Most: Dahlia at this point. As far as canon characters, maybe Pratt since he’s her shit head sidekick.

How Many OCs Do You Have: An amount. Dahlia for FC5, Tsuneko for KBTBB, Aidan or CP2077, Regan for SPN, Scout for FO4, Haejin for Mystic Messenger, Jude for SDV. Unnamed ocs for BtD and Monster Prom. And if you go far enough back i had like a billion shitty ocs for OHSHC, Fruits Basket, Naruto, YYH, One Piece, Digimon, Pokemon, etc etc.

How Many Series Do You Have: Publicly; I have 3. This Is Love (FC5), Black Market Wonderland (KBTBB), and Can You Feel The Sun? (CP2077). Though, unfinished, I did have Blossoming which was gonna be my Mystic Messenger fic and Mad To Live which was gonna be my supernatural fic. And I never named them but I was gonna do one for SDV and FO4, maybe someday, or not at all.

What Do You Do With Fics You’re No Longer Interested In?: I don’t really like to like abandon fics, but like it is a struggle especially when I lose interest in the fandom it’s for. Black Market Wonderland has been on a very long hiatus, but I definitely do wanna come back to it whenever my love for KBTBB is back and Im less frustrated with Voltage as well as some shit that went down in the fandom. I know drama and personal shit shoudn’t impact feelings on a game, but its hard for it not to for me.And what happened in voltage stuff was like, the most personal I’ve ever been involved in stuff so, its hard. But i still love the characters, so hopefully I’ll rekindle that flame. So, i guess I just wait and pray for my energy to return.

Coming Soon: The next update I do, that I have planned for next month is chapter 11 for This Is Love.

Line From A WIP: From Can You Feel The Sun? Chapter 2. (accidentally wrote can you feel the love, smashing fic titles together omg) Also, spoilers for Jackie's backstory in Cyberpunk 2077, so skip over if you don't want.

“I meant what I said before, Night City ain’t the kind of place to let you get by without family, but…” He trails off and chews his lip as he considers his next words. Then they seem to die in his throat.

“But…?” She prompts, trying to encourage him to finish his thought. Jackie then grabs a belt from his nightstand table, stretching worn leather over his fingers.

“Do you know what this is?”

It’s clear it has some significant value to him, but she has no way of knowing what, to her it’s just a belt. So, she merely shakes her head no, deciding not to be a smartass and allow him the chance to get the weight off his chest.

“This belt belonged to my dad, if you can call him that, Raul Welles. He, uh, use it to beat on us.. Go to school overed in welts, have to watch like a coward when he’d go after my ma.”

“You weren’t a coward,” V signs and gets up from her chair, sitting next to him, touching his shoulders, “you were a child.”

“Yeah…well, one day I ripped the belt right out of his hand and showed him what it felt like, turns out he couldn’t take his own medicine. Haven’t seen him since, but keep it on hand, just in case.”

V squeezes his shoulder, not sure what to say or do, how to comfort someone after that. The pains of a shitty dad is one she knows all too well, even when her own wasn’t trying to kill her, he was fixated on making her and her sister strong; training them. She knows all too well that you can’t take away the memories or the pain, but she hopes, being here can be enough. That the comfort of touch can act as a temporary salve for the heart, even if it’s all she can offer.

“Look, chica,” he takes a deep breath, “I don’t know your story, when and if you tell it is up to you. But, my point is. You need a family to get along in Night City, but family don’t end or start with blood. My old man will never be family to me. But, I got…people… who don’t share a drop of blood of with me and I’d take a bullet for ‘em”

“I think…I get what you mean, family you choose is what matters most.”

She agrees, but choosing her family is it’s own beast. Letting people in, breaking down walls, finding a family that chooses her as much as she chooses them. It’s all a terrifying prospect, being alone is easier, more convenient, less effort… Though it has a cost too, of course.

“So, make a choice.”

“What?”

“Work with me, V.”

Do You Accept Prompts?: I accept questions and ideas; I’m always open to talking about my oc’s and their bullsit. But as far as prompts go, if I'm in a mood which is rare and don’t really take requests. I just personally have always found that if I accept requests or prompts; writing because a duty/obligation and not a hobby which drains a lot of the fun for me.

How Do You Feel About Kudos?: They’re nice and I really appreciate them. Comments and bookmarks will make me the happiest!~ That being said I’m really bad about doing that myself so I get it.

Do You Read Fic As Well?: Not that much actually, I’m very particular with what I read regularly and even then, maybe once a week I go on a reading binge. I love fanfic, greatly, but I’m someone who’s like I need to write

#cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #far cry 5 #fc5 #about me #thanks for the tag

[seijch]

ANNOUNCEMENT: NOT A HELLO, BUT NOT A GOODBYE EITHER

omg hi ... im like . ashamed to come back after saying brief hiatus in october and then disappearing off the face of the earth til FEBRUARY but under the cut i will be explaining myself and the following, if youre interested (and a tl;dr at the very bottom if you don’t wanna scroll thru this obnoxiously long post):

the reason(s) i was gone for so long

what i was doing during that time (its just a personal account yall can scroll past this idrc)

the status of those um . halloween requests

the future of this account

i. so . Hiatus .

i know. i know . i probably mentioned it when i made the announcement post, but my mental health likes to go on one of those rides. yknow the ones where you go like up rlly fast then down maybe and then up then DOWN .... its like that. i needed a break and every time i wanted to come back or thought about it, something would happen and i would get stuck in my own head.

a big reason for getting stuck in my head was (and i hate to admit this ... i hate to admit that i have Insecurities On The Internet) my feelings of inadequacy regarding my writing. i love to plot fics, i love concepts and characters and making little headcanons but i dont ... know if i love writing rn. and i thought for the longest time that like . whatever ill just push thru it its fine ill be fine but it kinda wasnt lmao you can kinda see it in my halloween reqs and what become of them when i get to that but i began to feel like nothing i had put out or would put out would hold up prose wise (and normally i dont feel like this im much more “idc its my life im living it” but thats not a rant for tumblr LMAO). i still feel like that -- like im better as a reader than a writer. but . You Know :-)

tl;dr: mental state go brrrrr

ii. anywhere here’s wonderwall

when i left, i was in a steadily decreasing mental and emotional state, made worse by a situation at work that really was a case of petty jealousy on my end and rlly isnt very consequential now despite how much pain and resentment it gave me when it Was a problem so i wont get into it. the tl;dr of november and december was me using work as an crutch and distraction -- i know my job, i do it well, it helped me not think about my responsibilities and obligations and inadequacies. of course, as the holiday season grew busier n busier i was scheduled so often that i moved 88 or so miles (according to my apple watch, which i ONLY wear at work since im never anywhere else outside my house) and fell into a cycle of showering n sleeping at my house before going back the next day. (theres definitely something to be said abt capitalism and “grind culture” here but once again its not the time or place snsjkdfds)

at the turn of the new year, i happened to remember a birthday card i hadnt filed away for safekeeping from a friend of mine that id been horribly out of touch with til that point. i started crying because i realized how out of touch id been in general up until that point. the month of january was great for me: i was focused, happy, and in a much better place than i had been before. the end of it brought me down focus wise and im hoping that enough time away from my distractions will refocus me bc i ... need it LMAO and though ive burned out from that level of productivity and gotten distracted again im ... trying to stay positive which i think is the most i can do 😁👍🏼

media wise, i got real into stardew valley (but burned out bc i played it extensively as a way to wind down after work), the pokemon platinum romhack renegade platinum (still havent finished it bc of school n i played it w the intent to see if i could nuzlocke it ... bitch its so hard but its so fun bc of it), briefly assassins creed: odyssey (im one of those ppl who completes an entire region before i move to the next so you can tell i burned out of that one + wouldnt have the time to properly devote to it even if i didnt), got back into genshin impact after pulling for xiao (after not touching it for like . months), and danganronpa. yes . danganronpa 😐 i Know. i stopped playing it after the second trial of the first game bc i was so hurt by the outcome and picked it up in late january only to get sucked in (thank god i had the foresight to buy the second and third games during the steam winter sale). rn im at the start of chapter 4 if anyone wants to come in my asks and um . talk to me abt danganronpa

tl;dr: I’m Into Danganronpa Now

iii. you realize halloween was three months ago right

i mentioned this in the first section, but i love to plot things. every request is plotted or at least has a solid foundation. i had fun detailing what concept i wanted to go with considering what i was given, and there were some bangers i might touch up in the future. but heres whats going to happen to the requests themselves:

there are two finished requests. one will be posted tomorrow and the other will be touched up (just bc i finished it doesnt mean its good 🧍‍♂️) and scheduled for next saturday. as for the ones i never got around to ...

i will not be finishing those requests. i hate to be That Person, but i feel like we all expected this 🧍‍♂️ what i will do is post all of my notes for each request in batches -- requests that have an @ to go with them will be mentioned in the post proper, but anon asks will be pictured. (there are some asks that came from blogs who are now deactivated but i wrote down all the prompts and remember most of those askers so ill cross that bridge when i get there) there will most likely be an excerpt or two simply bc i think i mightve written a few plot points or interactions in the form of bullet points. i rlly am sorry about doing this but i remember looking at my notion doc with all the prompts and feeling ... like i wasnt measuring up n it wasnt just to myself or to some intangible concept of “other” id constructed but it was instead to those who requested n actually WANTED to see and hear and read my writing and i ...... im gonna admit thats another big reason i avoided this site.

regardless, youll definitely get what i have (and likely more than just my bullet points and illegible handwriting).

tl;dr: im sorry. what i have in terms of plot, concept, and interaction for every request will be posted, but i cant say ill ever complete them and mean it.

iv. so what now?

well i mean . im not entirely sure how sold i am on haikyuu in the content creation department (as a creator n to a lesser extent, as a consumer). as mentioned previously, its no longer my primary focus. it doesnt mean im not into haikyuu anymore; i have a lot of love for those boys but i cant rlly say im even caught up w recent fandom activity and also havent even finished s4 pt2 LMAO thats on my to do list

and despite all that, i still want to share my plots n concepts and snippets and maybe even fics. it wont happen anytime soon. it might not even happen. but i mean . its better than me saying i wont write ever again shjdkfs but either way ill probably use this blog as a personal blog w the occasional ask game for dialogue prompts (those are always so fun i love making up aus to fit like . the most mundane prompts)

as for my works (past and any potential future), ive opened an ao3 acc here n ill be editing n possibly expanding on my old works to post there. tumblr, to me, is The x reader hub, but i figure more x reader fics on ao3 is never a bad thing.

ill be deleting/posting drafted posts to the queue since they were all meant to be queued anyway as well as (sorry again 🧍‍♂️) deleting or answering asks in the inbox. (moots if you get a notif from me saying i rbed your post from months ago ... mind your business) im very hard to get ahold of and its ... a problem. expect an overhaul of the nav n shit to reflect my new direction n also because i feel like i cant tell if my passion for carrd is shared by the majority HSDKLFS maybe its better to read my info in a normal post ykwim .......

and of course . if youve read all this n decided im no longer worth the follow, i sure as hell cant stop you. thank you for wanting to, at some point, hear what i have to say -- it means more than you think.

tl;dr: writing will be edited and reposted to ao3, this blog will be a personal blog with a hint of writing (sometimes)

the tl;dr to end all tl;drs:

im back! i wont be as active as i used to due to a lessened interest in haikyuu in general, but i have an ao3 acc now where all my past work will be edited, possibly expanded, and reposted. any future work will also find itself there. my halloween requests will be posted in batches as incomplete concepts, plots, and snippets of scenes; i wont be promising to finish any of them.

there are still fic concepts im attached to and want to finish, but i cant promise any more writing on my end. this blog will be a personal blog with maybe writing, not a writing blog with my personal thoughts all over it.

regardless if you stick around or not, its been crazy sexy cool (equal emphasis) being on haikyuu tumblr even tho i wasnt around for long ... even tho its not my main focus anymore, im still excited to see what the future might hold 🤝

love, ari 💌

#did i have an announcement tag #announcement #also regarding work hsjkdfsd the company i work for didnt give my location the opening for the full time position i wanted #my managers all agree id be promoted if we had it but we dont so i . hee . #anyway um i hope everyones doing well #some of my moots changed urls while i was away and now i have no idea who anyone is #its like when you see your familys friends and theyre like omg youre so big now! i remember when you were a baby and youre like 🧍‍♂️ #and you have to play along bc apparently they remember you hskdfsd #im not very funny in this post but i figured id rather be honest considering my lengthy absence #consider this my comeback stage

[zigsexual]

Hey! I see you have good story telling recs for like video games and stuff and I just got a ps4, is there anything you recommend? I have wolf among us and Detroit become human on my list THATS all I have so far

omg girl u have come to the RIGHT place ! story-based games are my shit ok... im gonna start by doing a lil self-plug which is that i’m streaming one i really love called firewatch tonight (at 7pm PST hehe) on my twitch so we can start with that one. its such a pretty game and has a really touching story. but that aside, non-exhaustive list below:

the last of us — i havent played the second one yet, but both 1&2 are playstation exclusive i believe and the first one is probably one of the greatest games ever made. better than most movies i’ve watched story-wise; i fell in love with the characters and i doubt anyone could play this without shedding a few tears.

the walking dead by telltale — same studio that made the wolf among us (which i fucking love also), and all four seasons of this game are a masterpiece. clementine is probably my all time favorite video game character, and there were some side characters who i really sobbed over during the course of the game. plus all the characters you play as are characters of color so there’s a specific attention to diverse viewpoints there!

life is strange — i would hope you’d have played this already if you like story games, but if not, go play the original game ASAP (LiS2 is alright, but the first one is what really shines) and you can also play the prequel before the storm. beautiful atmosphere, attention to detail, gameplay mechanics, etc. good good shit

dragon age — HELLO my fave shit omg, again not to self-plug but i’m gonna be doing a stream series of this and starting with an intro to the lore for beginners because there is serious worldbuilding for these games and the storylines are immaculate. there’s three so far and including the various DLC you will be entertained for weeks if not months.

mass effect — made by the same studio as dragon age, essentially it’s dragon age in space. same great characters, worldbuilding, plotlines, etc. just... ignore andromeda and only play the main three ME games.

uncharted — i will fucking die for naughty dog games omg so they also made the last of us plus all 4 uncharted games and these ones are SO much fun. much less emotional turmoil, think indiana jones in the present day with an extra serving of wisecracking banter and there you go. really excellent fully fleshed out female characters as well. nathan drake is a treasure.

until dawn — more of a horror game but has weirdly excellent actors (hello rami malek???) and a super cool/creepy story with not so much focus on combat (more QTE based) which helps when you’re just there to be entertained. i love this game, i’m not a huge horror person myself but it’s just so good and your choices really impact the outcome.

oxenfree — deeply underrated game with some of my favorite voice acting ever, such a gorgeous art style, and an incredible and resonant story. so much lore to unpack here too, this game was really made with so much love (like there is deadass a morse code message hidden in the beat of the main song that leads to an irl mystery... google that shit its so cool) and it has major replay value. lots of choices to make and they all impact the ending in a ton of ways.

pillars of eternity — i actually liked the second one more than the first one and i enjoyed them both a lot so that’s saying something! you can play on easy mode and ignore the fighting and there’s tons of quests and choices to make and an interesting story/mystery to uncover. plus in the second one you get a pirate ship.

divinity original sin 2 — played this recently and it’s definitely more of a combat game, but as with POE you can just play on the easiest setting lol and then explore the game for its world and storyline. similar to POE in that it’s quest-based as well, the characters are super well done, and it’s all voice-acted which is nice.

star wars knights of the old republic (aka KOTOR) — listen this game is old as hell and looks like ass but its so good. idk what else to say i mean its literally like 20 years old and people are still playing it. there’s a ton of mods you can download to make it look better, but the storyline and the plot twist hold up as one of the all time greats. i’ve replayed it and the sequel multiple times. even if you don’t like star wars, worth it.

stardew valley — HELLO THIS GAME IS SO CUTE its essentially just harvest moon and yes it’s pixel graphics but it’s so charming and the characters are very enchanting. there’s not a ton of story but it’s still worth a play as it’s just very soothing and earnest. i’ve logged like 200+ hours in this game lmao

hopefully you haven’t heard of all of these already!! i love all of these games and i love sharing story-based recs because there aren’t a lot of them out there. if anyone knows of any other good ones please drop ur thoughts in the replies!

#ask #anon #the way i wrote so much here oh my god #im a gamer girl i have to accept it